F-type star · yellow-white star
HD 82458
HD 82458 is a yellow-white star in the constellation Carina 186 ly from Earth. Its surface is about 6,812 K, about 1.2 times the Sun's surface temperature, and it shines at 8.29× the Sun's brightness. At magnitude 6.3 it is within reach of 50 mm binoculars; the light you see left it 186 years ago.
Also catalogued as HIP 46407
6,812 K
temperature
6.33
apparent magnitude
8.29× ☉
luminosity vs Sun
F3/F5V
spectral type
Distance & comparison with our Sun
186 years
at light speed from Earth
1.18×
as hot as the Sun
8.29×
the Sun's light output
2.55
absolute magnitude
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Star data from the HYG database v4.2 (Astronexus, CC BY-SA 4.0). Temperature and colour computed by gravityfinder from the B-V colour index; the illustration is generated from that temperature, not a photograph.